DGCA issues draft duty and rest period norms for cabin crew
Mumbai (PTI): Aviation safety regulator DGCA has issued draft duty and rest period norms for the cabin crew.
As per the draft rules, for a maximum flight duty period of 11 hours, as many as six landings have been allowed, while for 11.30 hours, the maximum limit for landings has been kept at five. Similarly, for 12 hours and 12.30 hours flight duty period, the number of landings allowed stands at four and three landings, respectively.
The maximum flight time for this would be 8 hours, as per the proposed norms.
Similarly, for a total of 9 hours of flying, and a maximum flight duty period of 14 hours, a cabin crew member can perform two landings, while for 10 hours of flying time, and a maximum duty hour of 15 hours, only one landing has been allowed.
A period which starts when a cabin crew member is required by an operator to report for, or to commence a duty and ends when that person is free from all duties.
Flight time is total time from the moment an aeroplane first moves for the purpose of taking off until the moment it finally comes to rest at the end of the flight while the flight duty time commences when a cabin crew member is required to report for duty and finishes when the aircraft finally comes to rest and the engines are shut down at the end of the last flight.
The maximum duty period during any 24 hours shall not be more than one hour beyond maximum allowable flight duty period, as per the draft norms.
The minimum rest, which must be provided before undertaking a flight duty period will be at least as long as the preceding duty period, 12 hours and 18 hours for crossing 3 time zones, up to 7 time zone and 36 hours for crossing 7 time zones, the DGCA proposed norms said.
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Mercury likely to touch 44 deg C in Delhi; IMD issues alert for heatwave-like conditions
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 26.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 2.4 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The weather department has forecast partly cloudy sky with an orange alert for heatwave-like conditions at isolated places by the evening.
The maximum temperature is expected to reach around 44 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the IMD said.
The relative humidity in the capital was recorded at 43 per cent at 8.30 am.
The air quality was 'poor' at 9 am, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 223, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
